Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thoroughgoing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thoroughgoing \Thor"ough*go`ing\, a.
1. Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough;
complete.
2. Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common
in this sense.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thoroughgoing
adj 1: very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study";
"made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
[syn: {exhaustive}, {thorough}]
2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a
sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing
villain"; "utter nonsense" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)},
{consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)},
{perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)},
{thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
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